Penny Dreadful S02E01 1080p HDTV x264-BATV[rartv]

Penny.Dreadful.S02E01.1080p.HDTV.x264-BATV
Custom x264 parms used for a 1:1 source encode...

We didn't see the IMMERSE junk... Before we pred our bad...

Here's some compares to laugh at. 720p vs 720p
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/123460
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/123462

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site unnuke Penny.Dreadful.S02E01.HDTV.x264-BATV better.quality
site nuke Penny.Dreadful.S02E01.720p.HDTV.x264-IMMERSE poor.quality
site nuke Penny.Dreadful.S02E01.HDTV.x264-ASAP poor.quality
If you care about archiving quality...

And don't buy into any excuses floating about, this isn't a better source.
These early feeds from Showtime come from the same sources, IMMERSE just can't encode.

Enjoy!

MediaInfo

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 54mn 57s
Bit rate : 12.7 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.256
Stream size : 4.89 GiB (95%)
Writing library : x264 core 144 r2525 40bb568
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:-3:-3 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=32 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=18 / lookahead_threads=4 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=0 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=10 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc=crf / mbtree=0 / crf=17.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=1:0.80
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
Color range : Limited

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 54mn 57s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 151 MiB (3%)
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Text
ID : 3
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Default : Yes
Forced : No